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Toby Venables

@tobyvenables.bsky.social

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Co-writer of #BAFTA winning #HisHouse. Fixer of broken things. Sometimes stories. Sometimes shelves.

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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · Dec 6

I wrote a short book on road horror – which also swings by classic Hollywood horror, 50s SF B-movies, westerns and film noir. A mere £4.99 at the moment - or free if you have Kindle Unlimited! #horror #movies #noir #westerns #SF #chainsaws #bzzzzzzzt #aaaaargh #helpme amzn.eu/d/2Yg4p6m

American Dream – American Nightmare: Cinema, Landscape and the Rise of Road Horror

American Dream – American Nightmare: Cinema, Landscape and the Rise of Road Horror eBook : Venables, Toby: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Zelenskyy playing Trump like a fiddle. (Politico)

NEWS > POLITICS
Zelenskyy: If Trump gives us Tomahawks, we'll lobby for Nobel Peace Prize
Long-range missiles and a ceasefire with Russia is all it would take for a nomination from Kyiv, Ukrainian leader says.

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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 1d

I think the same.

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Bloody hell… worms for breakfast?

Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 3d

@chadbourn.bsky.social No major news from Moscow I suppose..?

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Joanna Warrens she/her @joannawarrens.bsky.social · 3d

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Butch O'Blivion @fivemanjob.bsky.social · 3d

Weird how an insurrection was "just free speech"
and now free speech is an "insurrection"

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Damian Lynch 🟧 🇦🇺 Rebellion is Mandatory during times of Tyranny @dpsl.bsky.social · 3d

ICE needs to be abolished, always call them out for what they truly are!

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Nat Doig @weirdinthewade.bsky.social · 4d

His House is on iPlayer now for 29 days!

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 3d

What’s their ETA..?

Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 4d

So, if a politician or journalist (or anyone else) says that Palestine Action should not have been proscribed, will they be arrested?

Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 4d

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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 4d

Is it pronounced ‘Moany’ or ‘Money?’

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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 4d

Here we go

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Mary @mfbrodie.bsky.social · 6d

It's about real estate. That's Trump's sweet spot. Rich people like real estate because you don't really need to know anything to make a dollar. Real estate isn't a product. People need homes and office space. (Yes, I have many opinions on this.)

Worth listening to today....this adds up.

Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 @chariselee.bsky.social · 6d

It’s all connected. Follow the money‼️

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

🚨This petition has now passed 72,000 signatures! Thank you so much for your amazing support 🙏

You can support the campaign to change the law by signing the petition here👇

you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 4d

Dr. Jane Goodall discusses who she'd send away from Earth on Elon Musk's spaceship.

*Spoiler* Elon Musk, Netanyahu and Donald Trump were her top 3 picks.

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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you! The shirt is actually more green than it appears here… It doesn’t exactly correspond to any one particular piece of ALIEN clothing but follows the form of Ripley’s jumpsuit in terms of patches and badges.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 5d

Trump: "Portland is burning to the ground. You have agitators, insurrectionists... The governor, the mayor, the politicians are petrified for their lives."*

*Not a single word of this is true.

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d

The Russian city of Belgorod has gone dark after a Ukrainian missile strike on a thermal power plant.

#explodey

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Felicity Evans 📽🎬✏️ @scribblerevans.bsky.social · 4d

Just had a heads-up from our friend @weirdinthewade.bsky.social that HIS HOUSE is on #BBC2 tonight - so, if you’ve not yet seen it, I can thoroughly recommend it!

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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 4d

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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 5d

I should just stress that my ‘Brett’s cap’ is not an original. £8 cap off Amazon and £3.99 patches from Temu. But I’d let it go for twenny quid.

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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 5d

I also have Brett’s cap. And we have a cat. Not sure I like where this is going… #herekittykittykittykitty

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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 5d

Talking of the times… I recently got some Nostromo patches and ironed them on to an old army shirt. It was meant as just a bit of fun cosplay but then I realised I was wearing the shirt all the time 😆

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Toby Venables @tobyvenables.bsky.social · 5d

It’s OK - I’ll catch the next one. 👍